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Pope Francis
spoke on this topic in 2014. He said choosing pets over
could harm our
. He said the emotional
with pets was "easier" than the "
" relationship with children. Francis called the decline in birth
a "demographic
". Not everyone agreed with the Pope. The New York Post said Francis'
is from St. Francis of Assisi, the
saint of animals. It added: "Dogs are
to most people."